FBI returns to apartment of LAX shooting suspect

By JUSTIN PRITCHARDAssociated Press

November 4, 2013 07:40 PM

By JUSTIN PRITCHARDAssociated Press

November 4, 2013 07:40 PM

A bike leans against a chair at the apartment of Paul Ciancia in the Sun Valley section of Los Angeles Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The FBI has revisited the apartment of Ciancia, the suspect charged with killing a TSA officer during an attack at Los Angeles International Airport Friday, Nov. 1. At least one FBI agent was at the Sun Valley apartment on Monday, the same duplex that agents searched Friday after the attack. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)ERIE TIMES-NEWS

The FBI on Monday revisited the apartment of the suspect charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer during an attack at Los Angeles International Airport.

At least one FBI agent was at the apartment Monday. It's the same duplex in a tidy courtyard complex that agents searched Friday afternoon after authorities say Paul Ciancia opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in LAX's Terminal 3, killing TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez.

The FBI agent escorted a man from the apartment and into an underground parking garage, where the man got into a black Hyundai and drove off.

According to an affidavit supporting a search and seizure warrant for Ciancia's cellphone, a roommate of Ciancia's drove a black Hyundai Accent to drop off Ciancia at LAX on Friday. Authorities have said they do not believe the roommate knew of the attack, and according to the affidavit, Ciancia requested the ride just that morning.

The FBI agent would neither discuss the investigation nor identify the man, who also refused to comment.